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NauglamrIn J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, the Nauglamr or Necklace of the Dwarves is a piece of jewellry which appears at the end of the Narn i Chn Hrin. The Nauglamr was forged by the Dwarves of Belegost out of the treasure of Nargothrond, after Hrin Thallion had brought this to Doriath. These Dwarves had been invited to Menegroth by Thingol to create jewelry out of the immense treasure, and the Nauglamr was their best work. Thingol prized it above everything else in his treasury, save the Silmaril of Lthien and Beren. After the Nauglamr had been forged he asked the Dwarves of Nogrod to set the Silmaril in it, which they did. Together it became jewelry more beautiful than anything ever before seen in Arda. The Dwarves were enthralled by it as well, and greedily demanded it from Thingol, claiming it as just payment for their labours. Thingol realized they just wished to claim the Silmaril, and sent them from Doriath without any payment, an event which led directly to the Sack of Doriath in which Thingol was slain. After Thingol's death the Dwarves of Nogrod tried to return home with the entire treasure, but they were waylaid by Beren, leading an army of Laiquendi and Ents. The Dwarves were all slain, and the treasure was cast into the river Ascar, except for the Nauglamir, which Beren took with him to Lthien. After Beren and Lthien's final deaths the Necklace went to their son Dior in Doriath, and as such was the direct cause of the Second Kinslaying when the Sons of Fanor attacked Doriath in an attempt to claim the Silmaril. Dior's daughter Elwing fled to the Mouths of Sirion with the Nauglamr. During the Third Kinslaying the Sons of Fanor attacked the Mouths of Sirion, trying to claim the Nauglamr with Silmaril again, but Elwing cast herself into the sea with it. The Nauglamr was lost, but Elwing and the Silmaril were saved by Ulmo. Other versions of the legendarium In the published Silmarillion, the Nauglamr is said to have been forged by Dwarves for Felagund, and is the only piece of the treasure of Nargothrond that Hrin takes to Doriath. In earlier versions of the Silmarillion tradition, the Nauglamr, then called Nauglafring, is more important: it more directly causes the death of Thingol as it gets caught behind a tree branch when Thingol is riding outside the Girdle of Melian and is attacked by the Dwarves. Thingol, unhorsed, is slain, after which Melian's protection is lifted and Doriath is sacked.
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